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			<h1><a href="/"><img src="/images/velocityofreading.png" alt="the velocity of reading"/></a></h1>
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				<h2 class="alt"><a href="http://bkkeepr.com/">bkkeepr</a> is a service for tracking your reading and bookmarks via Twitter. This site uses the <a href="http://bkkeepr.com/api">bkkeepr API</a> to calculate some statistics and draw some graphs about your recent reading.</h2>
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	    <p><a href="/"><i>The velocity of reading</i></a> calculates statistics and draws graphs based on your reading habits. First, you must be a <a href="http://bkkeepr.com">bkkeepr</a> user - it's a site that tracks your reading, using Twitter to keep it up to date. Then all you do is enter your bkkeepr username into the <a href="/">home page</a> of this site. You can see an <a href="./users/tristanf">example user here</a>. There are a few limitations...</p>
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				<li>The books graph and the statistics ignore unfinished books, the cumulative graph includes them.</li>
			 	<li>The app ignores bookmarks that aren't in page order.</li>
			 	<li>If the book isn't found in Amazon's API then I give it an estimated number of pages (350 - the average pages per book from my recent reading) and it probably won't have a title.</li>
			 	<li>The app only deals with the last 20 books you've read - this is mainly due to a restriction in Google charts.</li>
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			<p class="alt">The velocity of reading was developed by <a href="http://www.cookinrelaxin.com">Tristan Ferne</a>, read more <a href="/about.html">about</a> it. Based on the <a href="http://bkkeepr.com/api">bkkeepr API</a> and <a href="http://blueprintcss.org/">Blueprint CSS</a>. </p>

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